Is it possible to write a message inside a "Console.ReadLine()"

Question

Is there a way to write a message inside of Console.ReadLine()

Like:

Console.ReadLine("What is your name: ");

It sounds like you're looking for `Console.WriteLine()` or perhaps `Console.Write()`. — David, Apr 30 '20 at 23:12

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 30 '20 at 23:15

6

No, the only way is to write a message before reading a line. Use Console.Write() instead of Console.WriteLine() to prevent outputting a newline.

Console.Write("What is your name: ");
string name = Console.ReadLine();

answered Apr 30 '20 at 23:15

thesilican

Christopher · Answer 2 · 2020-04-30T23:25:29.400

4

ReadLine is not like a Dialog Box, where you can give the user output, about what input you want.

If you want to tell the user what to do, you need a seperate Console.WriteLine() to do so.

Console.WriteLine("What is your name: ");
var input = Console.ReadLine();

edited Apr 30 '20 at 23:25

answered Apr 30 '20 at 23:15

Christopher

score 4 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 30 '20 at 23:19

There is no way to do exactly what you've asked, but you can write a helper method for this.

Here's a simple example of a method that takes in a string that will be displayed to the user, and returns the string that the user enters:

public static string GetStringFromUser(string prompt)
{
    Console.Write(prompt);
    return Console.ReadLine();
}

Now this can be used like:

string userName = GetStringFromUser("Please enter your name: ");
Console.WriteLine($"Hello, {userName}!");

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